A 70-year-old employee known as ‘Taco Bell Joe’ received a $6,000 tip from his community
A Taco Bell employee so loved by his community that he’s known as “Taco Bell Joe” received a $6,095 tip raised by hundreds of his…
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A homeless man rescued all the animals at a shelter after it caught on fire
A homeless man risked his life to save several cats and dogs trapped at an Atlanta animal shelter after it caught fire, the facility’s founder…
Continue Reading Businessman sends grocery store gift cards to his hometown for the holidays
A successful businessman had a holiday surprise for people in the small Pennsylvania town where he grew up. Jim Zockoll sent $30 Giant Eagle grocery…
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3 dead, 3 wounded in random shooting at Illinois bowling alley
UPDATE: The 37-year-old man taken into custody by police, identified as Duke Webb, has been charged with three counts of murder and three counts of…
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Suicide bombing suspected in Nashville explosion as investigators search home south of the city
NASHVILLE, Tennessee — Investigators looking into the Christmas morning explosion in Nashville now believe the blast was likely the result of a…
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Grim milestone: U.S. has now lost 1 in 1,000 Americans to Covid-19
The United States reached a grim milestone on Saturday: 1 in 1,000 Americans have died from Covid-19 since the nation’s first reported…
Continue Reading AT&T working to restore outages after Nashville explosion
AT&T on Saturday continued working to restore outages caused by the Christmas Day explosion of an RV parked near a transmission building in…
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Investigators have received 500 tips related to Nashville explosion on Christmas
NASHVILLE, Tennessee — Federal investigators in Nashville are combing through more than 500 tips and leads to unravel the mystery surrounding…
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Mysterious gingerbread monolith appears in San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO, California — San Francisco residents got a sweet Christmas surprise, ABC affiliate KGO reported. A monolith similar to the ones seen…
Continue Reading Motor home’s speakers gave evacuation warnings before Nashville explosion on Christmas
The computerized voice coming from the parked white motor home loudly asked people to evacuate and warned that the vehicle would explode in minutes.…
Continue Reading Hungary starts giving 1st coronavirus vaccine shots, a day before the EU’s larger planned vaccine rollout
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Hungarian doctors and other workers in the health sector have begun getting vaccinated with the first shipment of the…
Continue Reading Kwanzaa Fast Facts
Here’s a look at Kwanzaa, an African-American holiday celebrated each year from December 26 to January 1. Facts Kwanzaa is based on traditional…
Continue Reading Possible human remains found near Nashville explosion site, police chief says
First there were the gunshots that startled residents awake in a downtown Nashville community on Christmas morning. When people looked out their…
Continue Reading The Boxing Day questions you’ve probably Googled
Boxing Day is the day after Christmas, and it has absolutely nothing to do with your empty gift boxes. Here’s what you need to know about the…
Continue Reading The seven principles of Kwanzaa
Christmas might be over, but Kwanzaa is just getting started. Today marks the start of Kwanzaa, also spelled Kwanza (with one ‘a’ at the…
Continue Reading A timeline of the Nashville RV explosion on Christmas morning
The explosion that rattled a historic Nashville street in the predawn hours of Christmas Day came after an RV repeatedly warned of an imminent…
Continue Reading Scientists discover a new species of snake hiding in plain sight
Sometimes, looking at things we thought we knew with fresh eyes (and new tools) can lead to incredible discoveries. That’s what happened when…
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A preschool teacher who was laid off after 20 years won a $250,000 lottery
After working as a preschool teacher in Charlotte, North Carolina, for two decades, Joe Camp was laid off in September amid the coronavirus pandemic.…
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‘This vehicle will explode in 15 minutes.’ Witnesses describe surviving the Nashville explosion
Betsy Williams recalls being awoken just after 4:30 a.m. Friday by what sounded like gunfire from an automatic weapon. After Williams called 911 and…
Continue Reading Nashville explosion causes AT&T outages and disrupts flight
The explosion of an RV parked near a transmission building in Nashville disrupted AT&T service in the region and caused a brief ground stop at…
Continue Reading Duke women’s basketball cancels rest of 2020-2021 season because of Covid-19 concerns
Duke University’s women’s basketball team will not play the remainder of the 2020-2021 season, citing health and safety concerns stemming…
Continue Reading Boston Celtics legend K.C. Jones has died at age 88
The word “legend” is often thrown around casually. But when it comes to K.C. Jones, there really is no other word that does him justice.…
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Police call explosion in downtown Nashville on Christmas Day ‘an intentional act’
NASHVILLE, Tennessee — An explosion shook the largely deserted streets of downtown Nashville early Christmas morning, shattering windows, damaging…
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Judge delays execution of only woman on US death row
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge said the Justice Department unlawfully rescheduled the execution of the only woman on federal death row,…
Continue Reading China turns off the lights in ‘Christmas town’ as officials race to meet energy targets
For months, factories in the city of Yiwu, known as China’s “Christmas town,” have been cranking out most of the tinsel,…
Continue Reading Nashville explosion disrupts flights and causes AT&T outage
The explosion of an RV parked near a transmission building in Nashville disrupted AT&T service in the region and caused a brief ground stop at…
Continue Reading Possible human remains found near Nashville explosion site, law enforcement officials say
Authorities have found what they believe to be human remains near the site of the explosion in downtown Nashville on Christmas morning, according to…
Continue Reading Possible human remains found near explosion site in Nashville, law enforcement officials say
[Breaking news update, published at 5:24 p.m. ET] Authorities have found what they believe to be human remains near the site of the explosion,…
Continue Reading An RV played a warning message before an explosion in downtown Nashville, police say
A Christmas morning explosion in downtown Nashville that injured at least three people and damaged dozens of buildings likely was an intentional act,…
Continue Reading NYPD officer who was shot on Christmas Eve survived because of his bulletproof vest
A New York Police Department officer who was shot in the back during a domestic violence incident in Brooklyn on Thursday was saved by his…
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